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Current eye research · Nov 1996
The effect of eye closure on protein and complement deposition on Group IV hydrogel contact lenses: relationship to tear flow dynamics.
- R A Sack, S Sathe, L A Hackworth, M D Willcox, B A Holden, and C A Morris.
- Department of Biological Sciences, State College of Optometry, State University of New York, NY 10010, USA.
- Curr. Eye Res. 1996 Nov 1; 15 (11): 1092-100.
PurposeThis study was designed to determine the effect of overnight eye closure on the rate and composition of protein deposition on high water content ionic matrix soft contact lenses (Group IV SCLs) and to extrapolate from this data information on the probable change in the rate of reflex-type tear secretion associated with eye closure.MethodsGroup IV SCLs were temporally sampled after equivalent periods of wear under closed eye (C) or open eye (O) conditions. Lenses were rinsed in saline and the majority of the tightly bound protein extracted at 90 degrees C in 40% urea, containing 1% SDS, 1 mM DTT, 100 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.00). Residual protein was determined by Coomassie staining of the extracted lenses and densitometric analysis. Extracted protein was quantitated and separated by SDS-PAGE. Gels were either stained with Coomassie blue or reversibly stained with imidazole-zinc and blotted. Blots were PAS stained, or lectin and antibody probed for glycoproteins, secretory IgA (sIgA), IgG, lysozyme and complement C3. Laboratory simulated deposition studies were carried out on unworn lenses exposed to HPLC purified lysozyme.ResultsThe protein in the saline rinse, to a large degree mirrored the composition of tear fluid in which the lens had been residing (O or C). This would suggest that the saline wash consists of residual tear fluid and loosely adherent protein. In contrast, the urea extracts were highly homogeneous consisting primarily of lysozyme and to lesser extent lysozyme dimer. This supports the contention that the Group IV SCL functions in the eye much as cationic exchange resin selectively absorbing lysozyme. C extracts also proved relatively enriched in trace amounts of sIgA, IgG and complement C3 and its breakdown products. High levels of C3 and C3 breakdown products were specifically recovered only in the C worn lens extracts from a subject experiencing unilateral contact lens associated corneal infiltrates from the affected eye. In all subjects, markedly less protein (lysozyme) was recovered in urea extracts of lenses exposed to 7-8 h of closed eye as compared to open eye wear (0.20 +/- .08 versus 0.79 +/- .15 mg/lens (n = 6)). Temporal studies further revealed that deposition was linearly related to duration of wear during the initial phase of conditioning film formation giving rise to rate constants for lysozyme deposition of 2.2 +/- 0.29 (n = 5) and 0.20 +/- 0.06 microgram/min (n = 4) under open and closed eye conditions respectively. With further wear, deposition eventually reached a steady state. Under laboratory conditions, lysozyme was much rapidly and quantitatively removed from solution in a manner following a hyperbolic plot. This suggests that during the initial phase of deposition the rate of deposition is limited by the capacity of the tear fluid to deliver lysozyme to the lens surface under these two extremes of conditions.ConclusionsEye closure profoundly affects the rate of lysozyme deposition on Group IV hydrogels and the composition of minor biofilm constituents in a manner that could affect biocompatibility. Findings support the contention that eye closure results in a > 90% reduction in the rate of reflex-type tear secretion.
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